Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (21 July 1824 - 16 February 1904) was a British peer. He was the 13th holder of the Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
He was born in Redburn, Hertfordshire. He was the second surviving son of Thomas George Lyon-Bowes, Lord Glamis (son of the 11th Earl) and his wife Charlotte Grimstead.
His paternal grandparents were Thomas Bowes-Lyon, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and his first w...
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Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (21 July 1824 - 16 February 1904) was a British peer. He was the 13th holder of the Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
He was born in Redburn, Hertfordshire. He was the second surviving son of Thomas George Lyon-Bowes, Lord Glamis (son of the 11th Earl) and his wife Charlotte Grimstead.
His paternal grandparents were Thomas Bowes-Lyon, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and his first wife Mary Elizabeth Louisa Rodney Carpenter. His maternal grandparents were Joseph Valentine Grimstead and Charlotte Sarah Jane Walsh.
Note: Charlotte Sarah Jane Grimstead (nee Walsh) was Claude's favourite grandparent. Mrs Grimstead was a Widow ever since 1809 and she became known as a weeping Widow. Claude managed to help her through her long Widowhood until she died on 1848 aged around 81 years old.
On 28 September 1853, Claude married Frances Dora Smith. Together they had 11 children:
In 1865 he succeeded his elder brother Thomas. In 1887...
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